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The Salmon Arm Cenotaph stands in downtown Salmon Arm at 40 Alexander Street NE, honouring the men and women from this community who served and died in Canada's wars and conflicts. The memorial is a place of quiet reflection year-round and the focal point of Salmon Arm's annual Remembrance Day ceremony each November 11, when veterans, service members, dignitaries and residents gather to lay wreaths and observe the silence. Lest we forget.

The Salmon Arm Pride Project is a collaborative arts initiative run through the Salmon Arm Arts Centre, bringing the whole community together to further LGBTQ2S+ awareness, visibility and acceptance — using the arts as the binding force. Its centrepiece is the annual Allowed and Proud celebration (next up in June 2027), alongside interdisciplinary arts events, exhibitions and community programming through the year at the Arts Centre on Hudson Avenue. Since launching with a multi-day arts festival in 2020, the Pride Project has grown into one of the Shuswap's signature community celebrations. Follow the Arts Centre for each season's lineup — and if you are part of the project team, this Loop listing is free to claim and update with your events.

The Salmon Arm Bay Nature Enhancement Society (SABNES) looks after one of BC's most important migratory bird estuaries — the foreshore where the Salmon River meets Shuswap Lake. Formed in 1986, the society manages the Salmon Arm Bay nature area as a conservancy: roughly 40 hectares of wetland, four kilometres of protected shoreline, boardwalks and the Foreshore (Raven) Trail, bird blinds, and a summer Nature Centre near the wharf. It is prime habitat for western grebes and thousands of migrating shorebirds. It is also an easy, beautiful walk from downtown — bring binoculars, stay on the trails to protect nesting birds, and check the dog rules, which change during nesting season. If SABNES volunteers would like a hand telling this bay's story, The Shuswap Loop features local conservation work in our stories and spotlights — get in touch.

The Salmon Arm Skatepark is the concrete skatepark inside Blackburn Park, just off downtown at 480 5 Ave SW. Its ramps, rails and ledges suit a range of skill levels, and the park has a real community scene — it hosts youth-focused events like SkateFest, with competitions, live music and vendors organized by local group Launch! Salmon Arm. The soccer fields, ball diamonds and playgrounds of Blackburn Park are right there when you need a break from the pavement. It is a public park, so just bring your own gear and roll in. Ride here regularly? Tag @theshuswaploop in your clips — we feature local riders in our stories and spotlights.

The Salmon Arm Visitor Centre is the City's one-stop shop for planning a Shuswap adventure. Located downtown in City Hall at 500 2 Ave NE (use the back entrance), its local staff and ambassadors can help with maps and guides, route ideas, golf information and insider tips on events, trails, beaches and lake days across the region. The team also takes visitor information on the road with outdoor kiosks and a mobile outreach unit. Whether you are passing through on the Trans-Canada or planning a full weekend in the Shuswap, it is a worthwhile first stop. Local tourism businesses: an up-to-date listing on The Shuswap Loop helps travellers find you between stops — claim yours free and keep it current.

Salmon Arm Arts Centre is a art gallery located in Salmon Arm. Rated 4.9 stars from 29 Google reviews.

Inclusive Arts is a pottery and craft studio in downtown Salmon Arm where drop-ins are genuinely welcome. Walk in and paint your own ceramics — there is a large selection of bisqueware, from mugs and figures to seasonal pieces — or sign up for guided classes such as hand-built pottery mugs and birdhouses, with finished pieces glazed and kiln-fired for pickup. The gift shop stocks local art and souvenirs, and the whole studio is built around making art feel doable for every age and ability. It is an easy rainy-day plan, a fun family outing, and a good place to make a gift instead of buying one. If you run Inclusive Arts, claim your free listing on The Shuswap Loop — businesses we have featured tell us our stories and spotlights help new customers find them, and a current page with your class schedule is the place to start.

Tucked into Marine Peace Park on the Salmon Arm waterfront, the World Youth Friendship Garden is a small, quiet garden space celebrating friendship, peace and the connections young people make across cultures. Marine Peace Park itself was dedicated to peace and tolerance, with a Peace Grove of trees symbolizing Canada's provinces and territories, and the garden sits a short stroll from the Salmon Arm Wharf, with views over the bay and its bird sanctuary. It is an easy stop on a waterfront walk — bring a coffee, watch for herons, and enjoy one of the calmest corners of downtown Salmon Arm. If you catch the garden in bloom, tag @theshuswaploop; we love featuring reader photos of Shuswap green spaces in our stories and spotlights.

Fletcher Park is a downtown Salmon Arm family favourite, built around the Daybreak Rotary spray park. In the warmer months, kids cool off under the colourful spray features while the playgrounds — a toddlers' area and a taller structure for older children — plus picnic tables, benches and shady grass round out an easy afternoon next to City Hall. Washrooms are on site. The spray park is seasonal, so check with the City of Salmon Arm for this season's opening dates before you go. Splashing around Fletcher Park this summer? Tag @theshuswaploop in your photos — we share reader favourites in our stories and spotlights all season long.

Blackburn Park is downtown Salmon Arm's big all-in-one community park. You will find a universally accessible playground with rubber safety surfacing, two soccer fields, two ball diamonds, a water spray park for hot summer days, a skatepark and bike park, a walking track with an outdoor exercise pod, washrooms, and covered picnic tables with a bookable gazebo. It is where a lot of Salmon Arm's everyday outdoor life happens, from league games to birthday picnics. Got a great photo from a game, picnic or spray-park afternoon at Blackburn? Tag @theshuswaploop — we feature reader photos from around the Shuswap in our stories and spotlights, and community spaces like this one are a big part of the Loop.

Jungle Mania Play Cafe is Salmon Arm's indoor play centre for kids 12 months to 12 years old, with more than 2,000 square feet of jungle-themed soft play — climbs, slides, tubes, crawls and mazes made for burning off energy in any weather. Parents can settle into the café with a coffee and snacks while the kids play, and the centre runs Toddler Time sessions, sensory-sensitive mornings and its Jungle Lab science club, plus birthday party bookings. It is a year-round rainy-day staple for Shuswap families. Have you taken your little explorers to Jungle Mania lately? Businesses featured on The Shuswap Loop tell us being in our stories and spotlights helps new customers find them — and it starts with a current listing. If you run Jungle Mania, claim this page free, update your hours and party details, and add your newest photos.

The Hudson Collective is a collaborative wellness space in the heart of downtown Salmon Arm, at 140 Hudson Avenue NE, where independent holistic practitioners work side by side under one roof. The current lineup includes chiropractic care with Dr. Amanda Skeen, registered acupuncture with Zea Friesen, wellness massage through Tension x Tone Co., and integrative healing and Advanced Consciousness Therapy. Each practitioner books their own clients, so visitors can build a small care team in a single stop. In the Collective's own words, it offers a calm, supportive environment where you can feel seen, heard and cared for. The Collective's practitioner lineup changes as new practitioners join, and booking details aren't shown here — claim this listing to keep the roster and booking links current.

You can't miss the Treble Clef: a 45-foot (14-metre) orange treble clef sculpture rising over Lakeshore Drive at the foot of Alexander Street in downtown Salmon Arm. Recognized as the world's largest treble clef, it was spearheaded by local developer Bill Laird, built with local trades and businesses, and unveiled in November 2019 beside his Shuswap Park Mall. The sculpture carries the first four notes of O Canada, stands over a piano-keyboard awning, and has become the city's musical mascot — it even dresses up as a ghost for the Halloween Treat Trail. In October 2025 it was voted Canada's Top Landmark in Municipal World's Great Canadian Landmark Contest. Claim this listing to keep the details current — landmarks with a story like this one may also be featured in Shuswap Loop stories and local spotlights.

McGuire Lake Park is a green oasis in the heart of Salmon Arm, wrapped around a small lake just off the Trans-Canada Highway at 681 Trans-Canada Highway. A paved, wheelchair-accessible path loops the shoreline, passing gardens, shady willows and picnic spots, with a seasonal illuminated fountain playing in the middle of the lake. At the main entrance stands the Japanese Friendship Gate, a gift from Salmon Arm's sister city of Inashiki, Japan, and the McGuire Lake Memorial Walkway winds through the grounds. Watch for turtles basking on logs, ducks and geese on the water, and herons stalking the shallows — it is a favourite lunch-hour stroll for locals and an easy rest stop for travellers. Know something new about this park? The managing organization can claim this listing to keep the details current and add updates.

Ross Street Plaza & Stage is downtown Salmon Arm's outdoor gathering place, an open-air plaza and performance stage at Ross Street and Hudson Avenue. Through the summer the stage hosts free concerts, including Saturday evening bands and Downtown Live jazz nights during Salty Street Fest, when nearby merchants stay open late. The Salmon Arm Folk Music Society also uses the plaza as one of its outreach venues, and the plaza is a designated stop on Downtown Salmon Arm's busking route. With the downtown's shops and cafés a few steps away, it is a natural place to catch live music on a warm Shuswap evening. There's no booking or contact information for the plaza on this page — the managing organization can claim this listing to add it.

Song Sparrow Hall is an intimate concert hall, event space and studio at 180 Lakeshore Drive NW in downtown Salmon Arm, just steps from the waterfront. It is the home venue of the Salmon Arm Folk Music Society — the volunteer society behind the Salmon Arm ROOTSandBLUES festival — which presents a year-round concert series here spanning folk, roots, blues, Celtic and world music. With just under 200 seats, high ceilings, warm wood finishes and modern sound and lighting, the hall puts every listener close to the stage, and touring artists regularly praise its acoustics. The space also hosts community events, celebrations and studio rentals between shows. Song Sparrow Hall's phone number isn't listed on this page — the venue team can claim this listing to add contact and rental details.

SASCU Recreation Centre is Salmon Arm's main community recreation hub, operated by the Shuswap Recreation Society for the City of Salmon Arm at 2550 10th Avenue NE. The aquatic centre features a six-lane, 25-metre pool with a Tarzan rope swing, a wading pool for little ones and a hot tub, plus swim lessons and aquafit classes. On the dry side, there is a fitness and weight room, a 5,800-square-foot gymnasium and auditorium with a stage, squash and racquetball courts, and meeting rooms for rent. Drop-in sports like pickleball, volleyball and badminton run through the week, and the pool's Party Zone hosts children's birthday parties. Seasonal program and drop-in schedules change through the year and aren't listed here — the centre's team can claim this listing to add current schedules and rental details.

The Salmon Arm Fair is one of the Shuswap's longest-running traditions, presented by the Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake Agricultural Association since 1897. For three days each late August, the fairgrounds at 481 5 Avenue SW fill with livestock and 4-H competitions, home and garden exhibits, arts and crafts, antique tractors and a classic car show and shine. A Saturday morning parade, a marketplace and trade show, main-stage entertainment and the West Coast Amusements midway round out what locals call the Best 3 Days of Summer. The association also maintains and operates the fairgrounds year-round, hosting other community events and festivals on the site. Next year's fair dates aren't posted here yet — the association can claim this listing to add them as soon as they're set.

Wharf and Marine Peace Park is Salmon Arm's signature waterfront park, stretching along the shore of Shuswap Lake at the end of Marine Park Drive. Designated a Peace Park in 1992 as part of Canada's 125th birthday celebrations, the park is best known for its 135-metre (440-foot) curved wooden wharf — billed as the longest inland wooden wharf in North America — reaching out over the Salmon Arm of the lake. On shore there are landscaped gardens, a gazebo that came from Expo 86, picnic lawns and benches made for lingering. Birdwatchers scan the adjoining Salmon Arm Nature Bay sanctuary, and in summer the Shuswap Arts Council's free Wednesdays on the Wharf concerts fill the park with music. Know this park well? The managing organization can claim this listing to keep the details current and add event updates.

The Nexus at First is a 325-seat arts and live music venue inside First United Church at 450 Okanagan Avenue E in Salmon Arm. First United created the Nexus in 2016 to open its hall to the wider community, and the warm, intimate room has become a home for the Salmon Arm Jazz Club, whose concerts draw touring jazz acts as well as local players. The venue also hosts classical recitals, comedy, speaker events and community arts programming, with acoustics and sightlines designed for music and the spoken word. Most performances are one-night events, so the calendar changes often throughout the year. Upcoming show dates and ticket details aren't listed on this page — the venue team can claim this listing to add its concert schedule.

Shuswap Theatre Society has been entertaining the Shuswap since 1977, staging live theatre from its own playhouse at 41 Hudson Avenue NW in downtown Salmon Arm. The all-volunteer company presents a full season of mainstage plays and musicals, ranging from pure fun to thought-provoking drama, and its productions regularly earn honours at the Okanagan Zone Drama Festival. Beyond the mainstage season, the society co-presents the Theatre on the Edge (TotE) fringe festival with the Salmon Arm Arts Centre, runs a Seniors' Theatre program, and holds auditions and workshops for newcomers. The 2026–27 season marks the company's 50th year on stage. Claim this listing to keep show and ticket details current — claimed organizations may also be featured in Shuswap Loop stories and local spotlights.

Lakeside Bowling is Salmon Arm's five-pin bowling centre, with twelve lanes on 9th Avenue NE for public bowling, leagues and parties. League play covers the full range — Club 55+ and Sunshine Bowlers, YBC youth bowling and night leagues — while public bowling times are set aside most days, including glow-bowling sessions under the black lights. It is a longtime home for birthday parties, corporate events and family outings, and one of the few games in town where kids and grandparents compete on equal footing. Lane availability changes with the league schedule — the centre can claim this listing to post current public bowling times, league registration dates and party package details.

Sanctuary Games is a board game café and hobby store on Alexander Street NE in downtown Salmon Arm. The concept is simple: pay a flat fee, pick any game from the library and play — and everything on the shelves is for sale too. The store stocks board games, trading card games like Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering, role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, plus anime and manga, and serves bubble tea and milkshakes while you play. It opened in 2019 on Hudson Avenue, moved to this larger Alexander Street space in 2022, and has since added sister stores in Regina and Moose Jaw. The store's weekly event schedule — game nights, tournaments and learn-to-play sessions — isn't listed here. The owners can claim this listing to post event nights and current play-fee details.

Nothing Fancy Arts & Music Society is a small non-profit presenting intimate live concerts at its space on Hudson Avenue NE in Salmon Arm. True to its name, the society keeps the focus on the music: small-room shows where the audience sits close to touring and local performers, with tickets sold online through Zeffy and upcoming dates announced on its Facebook page. Listings on concert sites show a steady run of shows through the year, making this one of the city's coziest rooms for live music. The society's upcoming concert schedule isn't shown here — it can claim this listing to post future shows and ticket links, and claimed organizations may also be featured in Shuswap Loop stories and local spotlights.